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# My Simple Ask for Things 4
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/my-simple-ask-for-things-4/
- Published: 2021-10-25T17:19:15.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-25T20:15:42.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Concepts, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

I love [Things 3](https://culturedcode.com/things/?ref=birchtree.me), but there are some aspects I think could be improved in the (hopefully) inevitable Things 4, and today I wanted to address one thing that would make things much better for me personally, and hopefully a bunch of other people as well.

Here's the Things 3 today view we have today with a couple real tasks I have to do today:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/2021/10/Today.png)

Looks clean as all get out, but there's also a lack of information that comes with that clean design. The 3 things I need to do have a link in task notes, a checklist under another, and a due time in the last one. However, just looking at my tasks, I can't see any of that, I just get indicators next to each one telling me there's more there.

## The Problem

To see critical information about these tasks, I need to click into each one. While not a catastrophe, this info could be easier to access.

## The Solution

This isn't a full rethinking of the app, it's just a fairly obvious update to the existing design.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/2021/10/Things-4.png)

If a task has notes, then show the note (with fully clickable links) underneath the task title, show checklists below the title, and mark reminder times as a label next to the task.

This is the tip of the iceberg in terms of things I'd like to tweak about the app, so [let me know on Twitter](https://twitter.com/mattbirchler?ref=birchtree.me) if this appeals to you, and what else you would like to tweak about Things!

Update: I thought it would be good to add what Todoist looks like for comparison. Task notes are displayed and links are clickable, and due times are shown so I know when I'm supposed to do things. But even here, sub-tasks ("checklists" in Things) are hidden and require a UI that takes over the whole window to see. There's also just a lot more UI going on here (there are 4 "add task" buttons visible!), so it's not 100% there either.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/25/31/25312b2a-2d5b-4d01-ba92-e6755efc202c/content/images/2021/10/image-1.png)